Wissenswertes

This was the last film of Vasiliy Shukshin.

Official submission of Soviet Union for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 49th Academy Awards in 1977.

Author of the book on which the movie is based (Scholokhov) on, the director (Bondarchuk) and most of the main cast were actual WWII veterans.

5 tons of TNT was used for explosions

Due to its length, the film was released in two parts.